1. School Introduction
Shandong University of Finance and Economics, referred to as SDUFE, is located in Jinan City, Shandong Province and is supervised by the Shandong Provincial Department of Education. The school is a university jointly built by the People's Government of Shandong Province, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education. It is a famous university for talent training jointly built by the Shandong Province and the Ministry of Education, and a high-level university construction university in Shandong Province.
The school's predecessors were Shandong University of Finance and Economics, founded in 1952, and Shandong University of Finance and Economics, founded in 1986. In 1978, it resumed operations with the approval of the State Council and was renamed Shandong University of Economics. On July 4, 2011, the former Shandong University of Finance and Economics and the former Shandong University of Finance and Economics merged to form Shandong University of Finance and Economics. On June 9, 2012, Shandong University of Finance and Economics was officially established. In July 2013, Shandong University of Finance and Economics obtained the right to confer doctoral degrees. In December 2013, it was selected as the "Province-Ministry Joint Construction Unit of Characteristic Famous Schools for Talent Training". In June 2021, the school was selected as a smart education demonstration zone (school) in Shandong Province. As of October 2024, Shandong University of Finance and Economics has three campuses: Yanshan, Shungeng, and Shengjing, covering an area of 2,248 acres, and the total value of teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment is 236 million yuan. The school has 24 teaching colleges (departments) and 58 undergraduate majors. The school has 3 postdoctoral research stations, 5 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 1 doctoral professional degree authorization point, and 12 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points. Three disciplines have entered the top 1% of ESI global rankings. The school has 4 provincial-level collaborative innovation centers and 1 provincial key new think tank.
2. Discipline construction
As of October 2024, Shandong University of Finance and Economics has 3 postdoctoral research stations, 4 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 1 doctoral professional degree authorization point, 12 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points, and 21 professional master's degree categories. Three disciplines have been selected into the list of high-level discipline construction in Shandong Province, and applied economics is a “peak discipline” construction discipline. 3 disciplines have entered the top 1% of ESI global rankings, and 16 provincial key disciplines have been included in the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”.
Postdoctoral Research Mobile Station: Applied Economics, Management Science and Engineering, Statistics
Authorization points for doctoral degrees in first-level disciplines: Applied Economics, Business Administration, Management Science and Engineering, Statistics
Authorization points for master's degree in first-level disciplines: applied economics, theoretical economics, business administration, management science and engineering, public administration, law, Marxist theory, foreign languages and literature, statistics, mathematics, computer science and technology
Master's Degree Categories: Finance, Applied Statistics, Taxation, International Business, Insurance, Asset Valuation, Auditing, Law, Chinese International Education, Translation, Engineering Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Accounting, Sports, Journalism and Communication, Tourism Management, Social Work, Electronic Information, Art
High-level discipline construction in Shandong Province: applied economics, business administration, management science and engineering
“Peak Discipline” Construction Discipline: Applied Economics
ESI ranks in the top 1% of global disciplines: engineering, computer science, social sciences
"Twelfth Five-Year Plan" provincial key disciplines: accounting, finance, finance, business management, international trade, management science and engineering, political economics, quantitative economics, computer application technology, computer software and theory, Western economics, industrial economics, statistics, civil and commercial law, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, social security
3. Academic research
As of April 2024, Shandong University of Finance and Economics has 1,690 full-time teachers, including 338 professors, 676 associate professors, and 1,059 with doctoral degrees. There are 121 doctoral supervisors and 709 master’s supervisors. One person was elected as a representative to the National Party Congress, 19 people were selected into national talent projects (projects) such as Yangtze River Scholars, the National “Ten Thousand Thousand People Plan”, National Cultural Masters and “Four Batches”, the National “Hundreds and Thousands of Talents Project”, and National Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions, 16 people were awarded national honorary titles such as National Outstanding Teachers, and 17 people enjoyed special government allowances from the State Council. 7 people were selected as experts in the talent pool of the Ministry of Finance, 30 people were selected into the "Taishan Scholars" project, 20 people were selected into provincial famous teaching teachers, and 56 people were selected into provincial and ministerial projects such as New Century Outstanding Talents of the Ministry of Education, Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions in Shandong Province, High-end Talents in Think Tanks in Shandong Province, Qilu Cultural Masters, and High-end Financial Talents in Shandong Province.
As of April 2024, Shandong University of Finance and Economics has 29 national-level first-class undergraduate majors and 20 provincial-level first-class undergraduate majors. The proportion of national-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites in the total number of undergraduate majors ranks first among provincial universities. The school has 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center for economics and management, 2 Huang Danian-style teacher teams in national universities, 1 national bilingual teaching demonstration course, 33 national first-class undergraduate courses, 2 Ministry of Education brand courses taught in English for studying in China, 2 Ministry of Education course ideological and political demonstration courses, 120 provincial first-class undergraduate courses, and 33 provincial ideological and political demonstration courses.
4. Employment situation
Shandong University of Finance and Economics released the undergraduate teaching quality report for the 2023-2024 academic year, with the selected employment and further study situations as follows:
There are 6,587 undergraduate students in the class of 2024, and a total of 6,447 fresh undergraduate students have met the graduation standards. 243 students received certificates for their second minor major, and 228 of them met the conditions for double degree awarding and obtained the corresponding degree for their minor major.
Among the 2024 undergraduate graduates of our school, 1,505 have entered higher education domestically and 522 have studied abroad. The overall enrollment rate is 30.77%. A total of 407 undergraduate graduates from our school have been admitted to postgraduate schools, accounting for 27.04% of the domestic enrollment. There are 735 undergraduate graduates admitted to "double first-class" universities such as Peking University, Nankai University, Fudan University, Shandong University, University of International Business and Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, accounting for 48.84% of the domestic enrollment. The number of students going abroad is increasing year by year. A total of 464 undergraduates from the class of 2024 have been admitted to the top 200 universities in the world (according to the internationally recognized QS World University Rankings and USNews World University Rankings 2024), accounting for 88.89% of the total number of students going abroad.
In 2024, the National Civil Service Examination and Taxation System recruited a total of 184 graduates from our school, and the number of recruits has ranked first among universities in the country for five consecutive years. According to statistics, among the graduates from our school hired this year, the number of undergraduates and graduate students ranked first. They were mainly admitted to taxation departments in Jinan, Qingdao and other places in Shandong. In addition, some graduates were admitted to taxation departments in 20 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities including Shanghai, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, as well as Shenzhen, Dalian and other places.
From the perspective of employment region, 70% of undergraduate graduates are employed within the province and 30% are employed outside the province. Employment units are distributed in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities across the country, mainly in Beijing, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang, etc.
Judging from the acceptance of graduates from our school in various industries, the finance industry, leasing and business services industry, education, information transmission, software and information technology service industry, manufacturing industry and other industries that accept more undergraduate graduates are more distinctive in the undergraduate teaching quality report for the 2023-2024 academic year. The 2024 graduates of our school have joined Fortune 500 companies and their affiliated companies, accounting for 18.28% of the number of graduates with contract employment (agreement employment, contract employment), and the quality of employment is steadily improving.
In 2024, the National Civil Service Examination and Taxation System recruited a total of 184 graduates from our school, ranking first among universities in the country in the number of recruits. This is the third consecutive year in recent years that our school has ranked first among universities in the country. Compared with 162 and 174 people hired in 2022 and 2023 respectively, the number of people hired in 2024 continues to grow and reaches a new high.
